Representative democracy
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representative-democracy-178-9072448
title:
Representative democracy
text:
Representative democracy is a type of democracy where representatives are elected by the public. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of representative democracy: for example, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and the United States. This is different from direct democracy, where the public votes directly on laws or policies, rather than representatives. Political parties often become prominent in representative democracy if electoral systems require or encourage v
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encyclopedia
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Type of democracy principled on elected representation
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy
date created:
2002-05-18T02:29:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T14:53:55Z
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